The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from EST Gee, Nardo Wick, and Will Smith.

As with hip-hop, by the the mid-1980s house music had become a cultural force, spreading from Chicago to Detroit, to New York and, eventually, to the U.K.’s rave scene. Its emphasis on repetition, ...

In the 7th grade after listening to Kanye West’s album, “The College Dropout,” Gainesville native Sean Momberger began ...

Today’s selection features a few indie stalwarts returning with new albums ( Perfume Genius, Lucy Dacus, Japanese Breakfast ) ...

How the amiable 23-year-old has become the most popular streamer on Twitch — and the most trusted hang for music’s biggest ...

Imagine getting a birthday invitation to dress like rappers in 2025. What exactly do you even wear? Skinny jeans? The 50-plus ...

If you were around in the 1990s, you’ve probably heard of Kris Kross, the pint-sized rap group that had everyone wearing their clothes backwards and moving to their mega hit “Jump.” With the help of ...

Streaming is up, live performance is up, hip-hop remains ... comes to good old-fashioned songwriting it’s good to see that it ...

THE WEEK’S MOST POPULAR CURRENT R&B/HIP-HOP SONGS ACROSS ALL GENRES, RANKED BY STREAMING ACTIVITY DATA BY ONLINE MUSIC SOURCES TRACKED BY LUMINATE, RADIO AIRPLAY AUDIENCE IMPRESSIONS AS MEASURED ...

Their contributions made The Documentary a sonic masterpiece and cemented its status as a pivotal release in Hip-Hop’s new millennium. To this day, it remains The Game’s most successful and ...

In honor of Taylor’s birthday, here are four cool songs he played guitar on by various famous artists during his ... The album featured a raved-up homage to old-time rock ‘n’ roll called ...